There’s a link above to the Ustream live coverage of the arrests. Apparently the MPD had been planning this from the get-go. A Tweet from three hours ago indicates MPD was tailing the Occupiers:

“Took the street, #mpd on our tail. Whose streets? OUR STREETS”

Undaunted, OccupyMN is now back at the Peoples’ Plaza (aka the Hennepin County Government Plaza) for a meeting in solidarity with their jailed Occupier kindred. Follow the OccupyMN Twitter feed for more information as it happens.

UPDATE — 10:00 am, April 8: This just came to me via email:

I believe this is KSTP videographer cnelson getting assaulted last night — the second journalist arrested [PW adds: Andrew Neef, OccupyTV] was released but his camera has not been released yet, however its wide lens would also show another close angle of the assault.